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Got my Semcycle Longneck frame!
Welp, it came! Although it does have a small scratch/dent thingie that must have been caused somewhere in shipping, it still makes standup wheelwalk a dream. I know that Evan Byrne stated it would be the same as my Nimbus frame, but alas it's not. It's both about 1.5 inches wider at the crown and much lower to the tire. It's boootifully awsome and sooo cool looking! The only problem is that when I got it it was way to thin to fit on my hub, but all I had to do was get out the ol' mallet and whack it onto the bearings a bit. Now it is on okay and rides great and smooth. You can take a look at the pix below, but my eyes tell me that the frame is offcenter just a bit. Do you notice that or are my eyes decieving me? +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Attachment filename: animation.gif | |Download attachment: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/342197| +----------------------------------------------------------------+ -- UniTyler - 'Lil Freestylist *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* 6 year old Kid - "Nice tricycle!" Me - "Thanks, but it's a unicycle. Trikes have three wheels, not one." Kid - *long silence and then walks away* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UniTyler's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6120 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42138 |
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Got my Semcycle Longneck frame!
The picture does make it look off center, make sure that all the bearing bolts are evenl tightened, and it should fix and frame lean. -- Catboy - I enjoy the taste of dirt!!! 'I have the amazing power to talk to cats! =^.^=' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/Catboy) 'UPD T-Shirts FOR SALE SOON!!! (Click Me)' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/album661) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Catboy's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/2042 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42138 |
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Got my Semcycle Longneck frame!
Okay, I measured both sides from the side of the tire to the inside edge of the frame to see if one was bigger than the other. Sure enough, one side was 5/8" and the other side was 3/8" inch! I tried loostening and tightening the different sides and nothing helped. I took the frame off and spread it a little bit in my vise and that didn't help either. Do you think the frame is defective or what can I do to help? Please reply quick as I have to use it a lot this Wednesday at little local unicycle club meet. Thanks! -- UniTyler - 'Lil Freestylist *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* 6 year old Kid - "Nice tricycle!" Me - "Thanks, but it's a unicycle. Trikes have three wheels, not one." Kid - *long silence and then walks away* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UniTyler's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6120 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42138 |
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Got my Semcycle Longneck frame!
This looks like a semcycle frame that was ordered trough unicycle.com and so NOT asembled with Semcycle parts. To solute your problem, 1st find out what the problem is. - is your right crank is sitting on the right site? - Is your frame bend? - Is your wheel not straight? - Are the bearings sitting well in those clamps? Open up and check how it looks. you could respectively - twist the wheel - bend the frame back, or rather ask for another - fix the wheel, or if that's beyond your capabilities: ask for another or a repair - clean the bearing-holders, or eventually put something -like a strip of plastic- in the one sitting on the frame, to get it straight. -- leo - Leo Vandewoestijne '+1 866-UNI-CYCL' (callto://+18668642925) 'unicycle.net' (http://www.unicycle.net/) 'Subscribe' (http://unicyclist.org/cont/subscribe.cfm) to 'unicyclist.org' (http://unicyclist.org/) ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leo's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/224 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42138 |
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Got my Semcycle Longneck frame!
Here's what I would do: If the frame is on facing forwards, take it off and turn it so it is facing backwards. Then measure the same thing you measured before (distance from tire to fork) and if the same side is still wider than the other, you know it is not the frame that is tweaked, but your bearing holders, or maybe your wheel. Does that make sense to you? -- leeman180 - i should be out riding 'My Gallery' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/Lees-Uni-Stuff) - last updated 5/20/05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leeman180's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8441 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42138 |
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Got my Semcycle Longneck frame!
Here's a little update. After just leaving the frame on the cycle, I think it's slowly starting to adjust to it and it has gotten about 1/16 of an inch closer to perfection. I think if it's not better in the morning, I'll take the frame off and try bending out the side that look a tad straighter than the other. -- UniTyler - 'Lil Freestylist *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* 6 year old Kid - "Nice tricycle!" Me - "Thanks, but it's a unicycle. Trikes have three wheels, not one." Kid - *long silence and then walks away* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UniTyler's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6120 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42138 |
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Got my Semcycle Longneck frame!
sent it back, that dent isnt tragic but its rediculas that its there at all. dont blame that on the shipper either, blame it on the packer. -- jagur - Random Unicyclist smoke me a kipper, i'll be back for breakfast. --------------------------------------------------- -forget_your_life- -------------------------------------- -------*muni militia *------- *one wheeled death squad* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jagur's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/502 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42138 |
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Got my Semcycle Longneck frame!
Unicycle.com UK has a FAQ on how to bend a typical Taiwan frame to fit a different width hub. 'Frame bending and straightening FAQ' (http://tinyurl.com/2g3uf) Not all hubs have the same bearing width. The frames built like the Sem XL Long Neck and the Yuni and other similar frames can be bent so they fit a different hub than they were designed to use. Bending the frame legs as in the FAQ will allow you to get the wheel perfectly centered. If you don't want to do it you can take it to your favorite local bike shop and they can do it. Find a bike shop that has experience fixing bent bike forks. That frame will be an easy job for them. You can print out those directions from the FAQ but a bike shop that has experience fixing bent bike forks will already know what to do. And just to CMA, don't anyone try bending an aluminum frame like the Onza or the new KH. That's one thing that you can't do with an aluminum frame. -- john_childs - Guinness Mojo john_childs (att) hotmail (dott) com Gallery: '' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/john_childs) ' Unicycling Bookmark List' (http://backcountry.unicyclist.com/) :: 'World Clock' (http://tinyurl.com/a99y3) 'Click Me' (http://tinyurl.com/7lvbu) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ john_childs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/449 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42138 |
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Got my Semcycle Longneck frame!
jagur wrote: *sent it back, blame it on the packer. * word... -- Mojoe - Move to Iceland http://mojoe.unicyclist.com/ My Dad used to beat me with his PC. http://ubergeek.tv/article.php?pid=55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mojoe's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/533 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42138 |
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Got my Semcycle Longneck frame!
John Childs you are now my hero. -- UniTyler - 'Lil Freestylist *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* 6 year old Kid - "Nice tricycle!" Me - "Thanks, but it's a unicycle. Trikes have three wheels, not one." Kid - *long silence and then walks away* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UniTyler's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6120 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42138 |
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